A recent US court ruling restricting President Trump’s ability to impose sweeping tariffs has improved the chances of an international deal to cut emissions from shipping, observers of UN maritime talks have said.
Government officials meeting at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London this week and next are resuming negotiations on a proposed set of measures known as the Net-Zero F...
The strongest version of this narrative highlights a critical juncture in global climate governance, where legal constraints on unilateral U.S. action have shifted the balance of power in international negotiations. The NZF represents a fragile compromise between environmental urgency and economic interests, with the U.S. and its allies leveraging both tariff threats and procedural changes to dilute its impact. The pattern of using economic coercion to influence climate policy—now partially neut...